Software Engineer Interview Experience - San Francisco, California
Process
Very weird interview process. I was rejected after the second phase of the technical phone interviews.
The second phone interview was very similar to the first one. The interviewer probably got bored in the middle of the interview. After asking some questions, they asked me to repeat the questions a couple of times, probably because they were busy with something else on the other side of the phone and not paying attention to what I was doing.
Questions were very ambiguous and highly related to their core product. The way the questions were explained led me to build something different than what they were expecting, I guess, and the answers that I got from the interviewer didn't help make it clearer.
Good luck hiring good engineers with this process.
Questions
Write some basic class structure. Add some functionality to it.
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Interview Statistics
The following metrics were computed from 22 interview experiences for the Samsara Software Engineer role in San Francisco, California.
Success Rate
Samsara's interview process for their Software Engineer roles in San Francisco, California is extremely selective, failing the vast majority of engineers.
Experience Rating
Candidates reported having mixed feelings for Samsara's Software Engineer interview process in San Francisco, California.
Samsara Work Experiences
- 3.0Smart Colleagues, Intense CultureSoftware Engineer • Current EmployeeSan Francisco, California, United StatesJuly 5, 2025Pros: Good company overall, smart people.Cons: intense culture, sometimes with the layoffs that occurred.
- 4.0A pretty good place to workSoftware Engineer • Current EmployeeSan Francisco, California, United StatesMay 30, 2023Pros: Growth mindset culture, lots of opportunity for learning, strong product-market fit, and great teammates who are fun to work with.Cons: Despite emphasis on work-life balance, sometimes on-call rotations can be rough, and sometimes people push themselves too hard.
- 1.0Dei Nonsense, Good Rsu'sSoftware Engineer • Former EmployeeSan Francisco, California, United StatesFebruary 27, 2024Pros: Nice SF office, good RSUs. Interesting business.Cons: This company has a lot of DEI nonsense, micro-aggressions, and other stupid, pointless CYA training. There are much bigger, fundamental issues to be dealt with, like just having the team understand the business and the strategy. The culture is schizophrenic; it depends who your boss is. In my career, I have not worked at such a messed-up organization trying to be all things to everyone. Just run the business! Way too soft and pandering to the millennials who think they are owed something by the company. It's a job, not a social club. The self-entitlement is unbelievable. Unless you really need a job, avoid this company.
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